High School Sports

Throughout the years of sports broadcasting, fans have come to recognize some of the most iconic voices such as Bill King, John Madden and Al Michaels.   The same could be said for Watsonville native Rick Stubblefield who spent more than 50 years calling out names...

APTOS—The high school football season unofficially kicked off this past weekend with the Santa Cruz County Jamboree at Cabrillo College. St. Francis, Pajaro Valley and Watsonville high schools along with four other schools within the county scrimmaged for the first time this season at...

WATSONVILLE—It had been three years since the St. Francis High football team last played on its own campus, hosting games at foreign places such as Watsonville High and Cabrillo College. The wait was finally over Saturday afternoon as the Sharks took on Monte Vista Christian...

SCOTTS VALLEY—It was the intense rematch rivalry game basketball fans wanted to witness—Aptos and Santa Cruz battling it out for the league title in what was sure to be an epic finale. Except, reality often doesn’t meet expectations. The Cardinals imposed their will upon the Mariners...

Correction: A previous version of this story said the Watsonville boys' volleyball team last won a league championship in 2016, which is not true. Watsonville won a league championship in 2022. The historical run for the Watsonville boys’ volleyball team came to a crushing end...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Mateo Arias will occasionally make the switch from forward to the midfielder position at any given time for the Wildcatz boys’ soccer team. Not a problem for him at all.   But during Thursday night’s CIF NorCal Regionals Division I semifinals, he was asked...

In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will get you caught up on some local teams with some news and notes for the Central Coast https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-15-boys-hoops-update-and-special-guest-marcus-northcutt?si=393cbeb0a1cf41b3a92db48bd3de9b56&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Aptos senior hurler Logan Brantley extended his season for one more week after he advanced to the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships set for Saturday evening at Gilroy High School.  The Mariners’ standout athlete completed throws of 56 feet,1-1/2 inches and 175-10 in...

SAN JOSE—At the start of the season, Pajaro Valley High senior Ignacio Aguado called out a pair of schools and challenged them if they ever got the chance to meet in the Central Coast Section boys soccer playoffs. His wish came true once he found...

The start of the 2023 football campaign officially kicks off this weekend after weeks of summer practices and offseason workouts. It’s a fresh start for the five local teams: Aptos, Monte Vista Christian, Pajaro Valley, St. Francis and Watsonville high schools, which are set to...